Journal:ACS NANO
Key Words:synergistic toughening . bioinspired . clay . artificial nacre . mechanical properties
Abstract:Inspired by the layered aragonite platelet/nanofibrillar chitin/protein ternary structure and integration of extraordinary strength and toughness of natural nacre, artificial nacre based on clay platelet/ nanofibrillar cellulose/poly(vinyl alcohol) is constructed through an evaporation-induced self-assembly technique. The synergistic toughening effect from clay platelets and nanofibrillar cellulose is successfully demonstrated. The artificial nacre achieves an excellent balance of strength and toughness and a fatigueresistant property, superior to natural nacre and other conventional...
First Author:Wang, Jianfeng
Indexed by:Unit Twenty Basic Research
Correspondence Author:Cheng, Qunfeng
Document Type:J
Translation or Not:no
Date of Publication:2014-02-08